Labor market performance in the Western Balkans continued to improve, albeit at a slower pace than the previous year and despite stronger economic growth in the region. According to the ‘Western Balkans Labor Market Trends 2019‘ report, recently launched by the World Bank and the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw), about 68,000 new […]
Read MoreThe Institute of Public Finance (IPF) and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) are organizing the conference Public Sector Economics 2019 – Wealth and property taxation: where do we stand? on 24 October 2019 in Zagreb, Croatia. The goal of the conference is to provide a state-of-the-art assessment of the profession’s thinking on the potentials and limitations […]
Read Morewiiw has recently published a joint publication with the European Investment Bank. The study provides a first analysis of the recent development in infrastructure investment in the Western Balkans. It identifies infrastructure gaps as well as key infrastructure initiatives in the region, outlines the political dimension and provides the respective detailed infrastructure investment data as […]
Read MoreThe 82nd East Jour Fixe of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) will address the following issues in three sessions. Session 1 will focus on public sector debt and sustainability considerations in CESEE. A particular focus will be on the structure of public debt in the region and on the role fiscal rules play. Session 2 will […]
Read MoreCountry flyers for the Western Balkans based on the recent Western Balkan Labor Market Trends 2018 report are now online. The flyers present a short description of recent trends and feature key labor market indicators based on the harmonized data prepared in the context of the SEE Jobs Gateway. The data can be obtained online […]
Read MoreThe Institute of Public Finance (IJF) and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) are organising a research and policy conference on Public Sector Economics 2018 – Fiscal Openness: Transparency, Participation and Accountability in Fiscal Policies (October 26, 2018; Zagreb, Croatia). The abstract submission deadline is May 15, 2018 to PSE2018@ijf.hr For more information please follow the […]
Read MoreThe World Bank and wiiw launched the first-ever database to provide easily-accessible regional labour market data for the Western Balkans, together with a report on recent trends. For more information please follow the wiiw link.
Read MoreThe Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) has a long tradition of supporting science and academic research. In this spirit, the OeNB has introduced the Olga Radzyner Award, which is bestowed on excellent young economists from Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe in commemoration of Olga Radzyner, former Head of the OeNB’s Foreign Research Division. This year, the award […]
Read MoreThe Prof. Dr. Marijan Hanžeković Trust announces its competition for the award of the annual prize for 2017. Papers must be submitted by June 1, 2017 at the latest. The papers must be accompanied by an application form. All the entrants have to satisfy the terms of the competition. Croatian and foreign nationals have the […]
Read MoreThe papers of the GDN SEE project’s seventh phase are now available online at the wiiw Balkan Observatory website. wiiw economists and research teams from the SEE region have been analysing the reasons for the lagging behind of Southeast Europe under the broad theoretical approach that can be characterised as that of the Austrian theory […]
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